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D.3 XP924 - RAE Llanbedr
These pictures are all of D.3 XP924 when she was operating out of RAE Llanbedr in 1990/1991. The pictures were taken from from a BAe Hawk flown by OC Flying Sepp Pauli), an ex Luftwaffe F-4 and F-104 pilot, and in these shots, the Sea Vixen was flown by Chris Laidlaw Bell, who very kindly contributed these shots. Contact Chris if you wish to use these pictures for anything other than personal use.
The Deacon Collection
These pictures were kindly donated by Ray Deacon. They are for your personal use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form. Ray has a sizeable collection of photos of aircraft, taken throughout his service in the RAF and available for publication - contact him for details.
To provide relief for the Aden-based Hunter squadrons operating the arduous dawn-till-dusk patrols along the Yemeni border, the Royal Navy periodically provided cover from one of its five aircraft carriers whenever they passed through the Suez Canal. Together with the Scimitar and subsequently the Buccaneer, the Sea Vixen undertook a major share of these sorties. To identify an aircraft's mother-ship, a single-letter code was applied to the tailfin, these codes being; C=Centaur, E=Eagle, H=Hermes, R=Ark Royal, V=Victorious.
The Eacott Collection
All these pictures are kindly supplied by John Eacott from his collection taken during his time in the Fleet Air Arm. If you want to use them for anything other than personal use, contact John.
Visitor Comments
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Bob Freestone from Nr. Mildenhall, Suffolk
Posted at 11:24pm on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Thankyou for the most wonderful site. Spent first part of my Navy career as a NAM at Yeovilton, mainly on Station Flight, nextdoor to 766. I remember the almost daily Vixen 'Precautionary' and the occasional 'emergency' landings, and the time when a junior Lieutenant brought in a Mk1 with stbd main stuck 'up'. Using CHAG and throttles, he held the stbd tip up until he could rest the A/C's weight on the stbd. ext. fuel tank. The only damage to the A/C was a crack in that tank. He got out of the cockpit a Lt.... read more »read more »
Damien Burke from Northants
Posted at 10:33am on Thursday, March 7th, 2013
From a Pprune posting: Nick Parrett and Tim Woodford were the crew. It was thought Nick became disoriented on the final turn of a night GCA into Changi whilst dealing with a hydraulic failure. He had taken off from Eagle. Both crew were still aboard the aircraft when the wreckage was eventually found submerged.
Andrew P. Tong from Margate, Kent
Posted at 4:48am on Thursday, February 28th, 2013
This is a follow-up to a request for information I posted earlier tonight regarding the loss of my Father's cousin and childhood fried, Nicholas De'Lacey Parrett, during an operational flight in early July 1966 over the Johore river in Malaysia.
My dad thought that the aircraft was possibly a Buccaneer, but really wasn't too certain. Since posting that earlier request I have managed to dig up the following information. Can anyone confirm whether Nicky was one of the two crew members on board. I think th... read more »read more »
Len Newman from Penzance,Cornwall
Posted at 7:01pm on Monday, February 20th, 2012
My Dad worked on the DH 110 at Hatfield & Leavesden airfields. I was on his shoulders at Farnborough when the sad crash happened. Have loved the aircraft ever since seeing it fly over Victorious in formation 63 Navy Days. Photographed it when ever I have come across one ,glad some are preserved.
Gordon Pugh from Cornwall
Posted at 7:03am on Friday, July 30th, 2010
Hi my father flew the Vixen with 900 sqd. which I think was the early developement unit, he had earlier flown the DH110 from Hurn
Dave Thomas from Bruntingthorpe
Posted at 8:06pm on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Would like to contact "Taff" Cooper from Nth Devon reference Vixen 121. I am presently rebuilding her at Bruntingthorpe to operate here on the runway can you contact me on 07788881953 would love to touch base with you.
John Tonen from Carmarthenshire
Posted at 2:30pm on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
The RAE Llanbder picture showing the Sea Vixen banking tostarboard is over the mouth of the Conwy not Anglesey. Its actually over the site where sections of the Mulberry Harbour were built in WW2.
Tony Rodwell from uk Brayton near Selby
Posted at 10:49pm on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Brings back memories I served on 892 on the Centaur and 893 on the hermes many many moons ago.
Geoff Pollard from Cornwall
Posted at 2:08pm on Monday, August 17th, 2009
I served with 899 from 1969 until the squadron disbanded in 1972 and our aircraft were retired. On the last morning at sea we were allowed to carry out a certain amount of decoration prior to the final disembarkation, the only stipulation being that there were no obscenities and that the paint we used was emulsion so it could easily be removed. Well, we went along with half of it and used gloss paint to adorn the aircraft with flowers, FOR SALE signs,skull and cross bones, sharks mouths and flight refuellin... read more »read more »
"taff" Cooper from Nth Devon
Posted at 4:20pm on Friday, July 17th, 2009
I to served on 899,i was plane captain of 121 67/69.Still enjoy Vixens in my flightsim.